I kind of expect someone disagreeing with a quote to at least look at the context. Do you think quoting the entire section would have gotten a better reaction?
I looked at the context—the quote was made while Levine was talking about Puerto Rico. It still does not make sense. He might have meant it as a fancy way of saying that if nobody cares then nobody cares, but that’s a trivial observation.
“clearly define the classes of people whom it is socially and politically acceptable not to pay back.” sounds to me like a populist suggestion.
To the extend that you quoted him out of context, that’s still an issue with the quote.
I kind of expect someone disagreeing with a quote to at least look at the context. Do you think quoting the entire section would have gotten a better reaction?
I generally do think that quotes in this thread are supposed to be able to stand alone.
Lumifer probably still would have objected.
I looked at the context—the quote was made while Levine was talking about Puerto Rico. It still does not make sense. He might have meant it as a fancy way of saying that if nobody cares then nobody cares, but that’s a trivial observation.